Life hurts, being stupid hurts even more! On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 3:44 PM Moses <mo...@neonixie.com> wrote:
> I've been shipping and selling tubes all over the world, on and off, for > 22 years now. I'll tell you that even if you have ALL your paperwork in > perfect order, someone's imagination (customs officials, tax, etc..) will > go wild and they will either destroy the item in question or make you jump > through hoops to get them. > > I'll tell you a quick story. Sometime in the early 2000's I was in a > former soviet block country, hunting for tubes in old factories and store > houses. The folks who ended up with these places in the end were > essentially scrap dealers and searching mainly for precious metals, which > by the time I got there were pretty much all gone. I was the first one > around there looking for tubes and word gets out around town that there is > a foreigner looking for them. I arrived on day to this one factory.. which > had a good deal of nixies I was told.. to my horror I found about half of > what they had in a broken pile of glass on the floor. Come to find out, my > inquiries in the town had caused a stir.. and at least this one warehouse > destroyed about half their tubes and sent the metal for assay.. on the idea > that would certainly find some sort of rare metal. They found no previous > metals, and once they found out what I was willing to pay for the remaining > tubes, equivalent to several years of normal wages, they were pretty upset > with themselves. > > That's my sad tube story! It was a good time otherwise! > > Regards, > -Moses > > On Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 1:06:37 PM UTC-7 Nicholas Stock wrote: > >> That is bizarre. I just sent DTF104B numitrons all over the world, the UK >> included, so I can't think why they'd be restricted. Maybe someone used the >> wrong tariff code or description on the shipment? >> >> On Thu, Apr 13, 2023 at 12:57 PM Benoit Tourret <benoit....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I tried to buy some IV-16 in a foreign country, far over the channel. >>> here is the message I just received from ebay: >>> >>> Hello Benoit, >>> >>> The purchase you recently made under the International Delivery Service >>> with xxxxxxxx could not be completed. >>> >>> The object in question has been restricted. This may be due to import or >>> delivery restrictions, or International Delivery Service eligibility >>> requirements. The item will not be sent to you, nor will it be returned to >>> the seller. >>> >>> Don't worry. You will be fully refunded to the payment method used to >>> purchase the item within 72 hours. We will make two separate refunds: the >>> first for the price of the object and the second for the shipping and >>> import costs. No further action is required on your part. >>> >>> [image: Sans titre.jpg] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3df18e83-c2bc-4da4-bbc9-e0297c4077c0n%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/3df18e83-c2bc-4da4-bbc9-e0297c4077c0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9292c1cf-d59f-4f13-9ab6-bfdbb4a9293cn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9292c1cf-d59f-4f13-9ab6-bfdbb4a9293cn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAJD4P-ifwK0wjXt1cc1SsgH7NOnJVA%3DixKy%2BO1%2Bw%2BTcP9SGY0g%40mail.gmail.com.
